Midrash for Shevuot 59:4
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מנהני מילי דת"ר (דברים יט, יז) ועמדו שני האנשים בעדים הכתוב מדבר
<big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>How do we know?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That women are ineligible as witnesses.');"><sup>7</sup></span> - Because the Rabbis taught: And the two men shall stand.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XIX, 17.');"><sup>8</sup></span> the verse refers to witnesses.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence witnesses must be men.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"the two men": This tells me only of men (as being required to stand). Whence do I derive (the same for) a man (contending with) a woman; a woman with a man; two women with each other? From "who have the contention" — in any event. If so, why is it written "men"?
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